Hit Mexico's Cartel With Legalization

In the past 10 to 20 years the gang and drug related crimes in Mexico have sky rocketed. Journalist Ioan Grillo has taken up interest into interviewing and investigating Mexico’s cartel seen. Grillo stated that in his interviews he’s had with Mexican Cartel killers they all appear sane, even though they describe some of the most brutal violence towards people. He believes that there has to be something else, than insanity that would get people to do such devilish work. With his investigation he thinks it has more to do with America than one would think. With American people abusing drugs namely marijuana illegally for decades it’s estimated that drug cartels are making anywhere from 30 billion yearly. Drugs have a mark up of 2000 percent that get many Mexicans interested in joining this black market business. However, when Colorado and Oregon legalized commercial use of marijuana the cartels are going to get hit financially very hard negatively. Mexican cartels often us the surplus of money given to them to buy high trained assassins and very high power weapons. With the decrease of marijuana trade with the cartels, their main currency support is going to begin to decline. The cartel won’t disband over night but it will be on a decline.

I knew the legalization of marijuana would happen in my lifetime, I just wasn’t expecting for it to happen so soon.  I never thought of the illegalization of marijuana directly reflects the crime rate in other countries. I’ve always heard about the Mexican cartels and their illegal trades to America, I just never put two and two together

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/opinion/hit-mexicos-cartels-with-legalization.html